Human Rights Commission of Pakistan

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Conclusion

The murder of Saleem Shahzad in May 2011 galvanized journalists across Pakistan in a way that few other events have. For a short time their power as a “union” was felt. They secured a commission of inquiry. They named ISI officers who had threatened Shahzad and many other journalists. They detailed those encounters in a public record available on the Internet. The resulting report offers a series of promising recommendations, saying in part:

Pakistani journalists are
under threat, and the public is paying the price. The most recent report from
the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan includes a detailed chapter on freedom
of expression, which ties growing suppression to rising incidence of violence
and threats against news media. Not coincidentally, Pakistan sits near the top
of CPJ's Impunity Index and other the global lists of most dangerous countries
for reporters.

A quick pointer to a statement issued by the Human
Rights Commission of Pakistan on Monday: It said, in part, that "The HRCP is alarmed at reports of threats
received by journalists on account of their work." The commission asked the government
to ensure that threats to journalists end and that risks associated with
practicing journalism in general are eliminated, as noted in the
English-language daily Dawn.